Sarno
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| - | "During a period of 1669 years Pompeii remained buried and seemed entirely forgotten, notwithstanding that its site, probably ever since its destruction, had always borne the name of Civita, or the City. It is singular that it was not discovered sooner, for [[Domenico Fontana |Dominico Fontana]], an eminent architect of the sixteenth century, having been employed in the year 1592 to bring the waters of the [[Sarno]] to the town of [[Torre dell Annunziata]], cut a subterraneous canal under the site of Pompeii, which, entering the city near the Gate of the Sarno, traverses it in a winding direction, passing near the great theatre and under the Forum, till it makes its exit on the western side, a little to the north of the Sea Gate. In the course of this work the basements of buildings were often encountered; yet this circumstance does not seem to have awakened any curiosity, nor to have excited a desire to prosecute further researches. Ruins were also discovered in 1689, and even an inscription with the name of POMPEI ; but these indications were disregarded like the former."--''[[Pompeii, its History, Buildings and Antiquities]]'' (1867) by Thomas Henry Dyer | + | "During a period of 1669 years Pompeii remained buried and seemed entirely forgotten, notwithstanding that its site, probably ever since its destruction, had always borne the name of Civita, or the City. It is singular that it was not discovered sooner, for [[Domenico Fontana |Dominico Fontana]], an eminent architect of the sixteenth century, having been employed in the year 1592 to bring the waters of the [[Sarno (river)|Sarno]] to the town of [[Torre dell Annunziata]], cut a subterraneous canal under the site of Pompeii, which, entering the city near the Gate of the Sarno, traverses it in a winding direction, passing near the great theatre and under the Forum, till it makes its exit on the western side, a little to the north of the Sea Gate. In the course of this work the basements of buildings were often encountered; yet this circumstance does not seem to have awakened any curiosity, nor to have excited a desire to prosecute further researches. Ruins were also discovered in 1689, and even an inscription with the name of POMPEI ; but these indications were disregarded like the former."--''[[Pompeii, its History, Buildings and Antiquities]]'' (1867) by Thomas Henry Dyer |
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"During a period of 1669 years Pompeii remained buried and seemed entirely forgotten, notwithstanding that its site, probably ever since its destruction, had always borne the name of Civita, or the City. It is singular that it was not discovered sooner, for Dominico Fontana, an eminent architect of the sixteenth century, having been employed in the year 1592 to bring the waters of the Sarno to the town of Torre dell Annunziata, cut a subterraneous canal under the site of Pompeii, which, entering the city near the Gate of the Sarno, traverses it in a winding direction, passing near the great theatre and under the Forum, till it makes its exit on the western side, a little to the north of the Sea Gate. In the course of this work the basements of buildings were often encountered; yet this circumstance does not seem to have awakened any curiosity, nor to have excited a desire to prosecute further researches. Ruins were also discovered in 1689, and even an inscription with the name of POMPEI ; but these indications were disregarded like the former."--Pompeii, its History, Buildings and Antiquities (1867) by Thomas Henry Dyer |
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Sarno is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway.
